Mike Waterson is currently Chairman of the Information Sciences Group, which includes the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC) among its interests. Until recently, Mike was also Chairman of NTC Economic & Financial Publishing. He is the originator of the world’s first entirely globally compatible set of private sector economic indicators, used by central, banks, commercial and investment banks worldwide. Previously, he was Group Economic Advisor to Guinness plc and the youngest partner at a consultancy company which later metamorphosed into PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC).